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001B6C1A 1515 9f-'- "V'll 'll:HAS A Weekly Newspaper &R Vol. I Uattcouver- A mblesi8'e, Hollyburn, Weston, DuytdararJe WhyteCliff, CyPreSS I'ark EtC. Newsstands 6c per Copy Circulati pgin the Di strict of West Caulfei ld,81.00 per year. SIX PAGES HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER. H.C., FRIDAY, DEC. 10th, 1926 No. 42 115 $ ect icle )E &Z5 2.25 2.50 050 0.50 0.&0 6.65 e~e' town Planning Discussed at Ratepayers'ssn. At a well-attended meeting of the West Vancouver Ratepayers'ssociation, held last Tuesday in the Ambleside Hall, the mem- bers voiced their belief in the future of West Vancouver. A resolution was passed, to be forwarded to the Town Planning Commission and to the council, asking these bodies to give seri- ous consideration to the matter of town planning, advising them to get in touch with the con- sultants now engaged by Van- couver and Point Grey. After a report on parks had been received, dealing with the extension of Ambleside Park, the chairman, Mr. Philip C. Chapman, 'introduced the sub- ject and the speaker, "Town Planning," by Horace L. Sey- mour, resident engineer for Har- land Bartholomew and Asso- ciates. The speaker complimented the municipality on the advance al- ready made along the town planning lines and said that he felt himself unable to fully do justice to the wonderful natural advantages of the area. There was evident need, however, for a comprehensive plan to insure that the future development should be canied out in a man- er that would be in keeping ith Nature's bountiful gifts. «+The talk and the discussion that followed were intensely practical, as the speaker felt that the need and advantages of town planning were fully recog- nized by the members of the Ratepayers'ssociation. In the development of the street system the necessity of a topographical survey was point- ed out. A great deal of the area should be fairly carefully con- toured if streets in the future were to so fit the ground that reasonable grades and desirable views could both be obtained. The area referred to is that north of Mathers Avenue. It was felt that the area south of Mathers Avenue might be im- proved by re-plotting old sub- divisions, as has been done with great success in Point Grey. The speaker urged that the council of West Vancouver should re- quest the enactment of general legislation to give effect to such re-plotting. This could be mod- eled along the lines of the I'oint Grey Special Act. Mention was made of the other elements of a town plan, such as matters of transit, transportation, public recreation and civic art. Some stress was laid on the matter of zoning. The recent . & xperience of Point Grey was naentioned and the fact brought oÃb that the Point Grey council hifd taken immediate action to pass a new by-law when the original by-law of 1922 had been declared invalid on the grounds that it exceeded the provisions of the Municipal Act. It was felt that the present West Vancouver by-law that re- lates to zoning, as passed under the Town Planning Act, would umloubtedly be changed in some particulars as part of a town planning scheme after studies i~vere made. (Continued on Page G.) In connection with the pro- posed new addition to the Muni- cipal Hall the council has re- quested Mr. Hugh A. Hodgson, the architect, to present final figures on the heating plant and police quarters. When these figures have been obtained the council will know just how much the proposed new addition will cost. The drawings of the addi- tion made by Mr. Hodgson and presented to the council show a building that will be a credit to the municipality. Plans Being Prepared For Whytecliff)Wharf The building of a wharf ati Whytecliff has been under con- sideration for some time and last May the council advised the Dis- trict Engineer, Department of Public Works, New Westminster, that they would abide by his de- cision in the matter. The latter official has now informed the council that he is getting out plans for a wharf at Royal Avenue, which he considers tfie best site. Ornamental Electric Light Posts Proposed A representative of the Cana- dian General Electric, with the permission of the council, has been canvassing the owners of property on Marine Drive, be- tween Fourteenth and Seven- teenth and between Twenty- fourth and T&venty-fifth, as to whether they desire ornamental street lights. If this work is undertaken, it would be in the nature of a local improvement, which means that, should these be constructed, the bulk of the cost would be borne by the prop- erty owners affected. As in West Vancouver, an en- deavor is being made to instal ornamental lights in certain dis- tricts of North Vancouver. A form of questionnaire was sent out to G3 prope&&y owners, 32 of which replied. Of these, 24 were against the installation and 8 for it. The certificate constituting The West Vancouver Board of Trade a corporate body has been received by the secretary from the Department of the Secretary of State at Ottawa. At the last regular meeting of the Board it was decided to meet again on the first convenient Monday following receipt of the certificate of incorporation. It was hoped that this meeting could have been held next Mon- day, the 13th inst., but owing to the fact that the Conservative Association are holding a meet- ing for the election of officers on that night, the Board of Trade meeting will be called for the following Monday, i.e., the 20th inst. Fuller details of the meeting Pi ~ . &ill be given in our issue next ee)k.jJ Share in Race Track and Liquor Profits In the distribution of the profits from race track taxation West Vancouver municipality will benefit to the extent of 82,007. North Vancouver City will get 83,412 and North Van- couver District 81,694. Within a few days the share of liquor profits for the six months ending September 30th will also be distributed. The cheques will be mailed within the next few days. CONSERVATIVE MEETING The West Vancouver Conser- vative Association will hold their annual meeting in the New Ambleside Hall, corner Four- teenth and Marine, on Monday, December 13th, at 8 p.m. Of- ficers of the association for the ensuing year will be elected at this meeting, and a report will be read by the president. The delegates to the Kamloops cor.- vention will also present a re- port. All members and those who wish to become members are requested to attend. Mayor Louis D. Taylor was re- elected by a majority of G,737. He polled 11,261 as against Alderman Worthington's 4,524. Mr. Rubinowitz secured only 197 votes. Higher Levels to Have Bus Service The council at a special meet- ing on Wednesday night dis- cussed the operating of a bus service for the benefit of those residents living on the higher levels. A resolution was passed that "a bus service be com- menced, coveringthat area north and west of Fourteenth on a route which will accommodate the majority of ratepayers in the area to be served." Consideration was promised of a petition bearing forty-six sig- natures which requested that this suggested new bus route be extemled to Inglewoo&l aml Eleventh Street. ELECTION EXPENSES The expenses incurred by the respective candi- dates in the recent election of a representative for the electoral division of Van- couver North, to serve in the House of Commons of Canada, prove interesting by comparison. The suc- cessful candidate, General A. D. McRae's total expen- diture was 821,027.09. G. G. McGeer's total soared to 88,044.70, while IVallis W. Lefeaux's total expenses amounted to only 8630.67. General McRae spent 85,- 3GG.89, G. G. McGeer 83,670.57, and W. IV. Le- feaux 888.62 in advertising. Municipal Hall Board of Trade Addition Considered Receives Charter Developing the Younger Generation High School Literary Association A niost successful debate ivas held on Friday afternoon by the High School Literary Associa- tion in the IVest Vancouver High School. The debate ives between Grade IX an&1 the Commercial Class, the subject taken being, "Resolved, That Country Life Is Better Than City Life." The Commercial team, which was composed of Connie Thomas, George Gray and Seigi Homma, argued for the affirmative. The negative ivas taken by Margaret Johnston, John Dauphinee aml Ruth kIill on behalf of Grade IX. The discussion was very spirited and all the participants did well, the judges finding at the end for the affirmativ by two points. Plans are being made for a debate with the North Vancou- ver Iligh School, to take place early in February. This will be a home-and-home debate, by which is meant that the debate will take place in each school be- tween a tean& from each of the participating schools. New High School Being Proposed Plans for a new high echool are, we understand to be pre- sented to the council at their meeting next IVednesday, with the request that a by-law be sub- mitted to the electors at the January elections for the expres- sion of the voters regarding its construction. The plans are for an eight- roomed school, with a gymna- sium, at a cost of approximately 850.000, to be built on a site on Inglewood Avenue approximat- ing Seventeenth Street. Considerable credit is due the United Church for the good work they are doing among the boys of their own congrega- tion and the community at large in the establishment of aBoys'lub. The main object of the club is to organize a boys'rchestraand band and at the same time to promote discipline generally among the boys. Lieut. C. Waddingham, late of the Indian Army and an army bandmaster with many years of experience, is the able instructor and associated with him are others who assist by giving lectures on interesting and useful subjects. Unfortunately discipline has of late come to be regarded as almost exclusively a matter for our fighting forces. It is, however, just as necessary to our everyday life, which remains in spite of everything a severe struggle for the survival of the fittest, only with physical violence of all kinds ruled out. Without discipline there can be no authority, and without authority there is chaos. Very few of our fathers and mothers had any experience of war, but they were great disciplinarians. They expected to be obeyed and no reasons given or asked, and they were strong believers in the rod. The upbringing of children then was somewhat harsh, perhaps, and in some eases brutal, both in school and in the home. Here and there the spirit of a sensitive child was broken. In time a feeling arose that the system of corporal punishment was cruel and ineffec- tive, resulting in its being practically tabooed. But, whatever can be said for or against it, it produced the men and women of the Victorian era, when the British Empire made greater strides in every line of human endeavour than at any time in its history. There is nothing essentially wrong with the boy and girl of today. They are no worse than those of the preceding generation, but the greater freedom of speech and action which they enjoy is apt in many cases to make them run away with life. Their spirits are high and the world is theirs and they have never known the bit. They are possibly more open in their thoughts and actions than were their fathers and mothers, and some moralists are inclined to regard this as a sign of an increasing depravity in the rising generation. On the other hand, the Victorian method of bringing up children, while certainly producing a certain preciseness and primness of demeanour, often had little effect on the heart and fre- quently resulted in considerable hypocrisy and carefully con- cealed wrongdoing. But life will surely one day apply the bit to our children, and it is cruel if the application of it is left to their maturer years. Modern business,--and most of our boys and girls will perforce go into business,--has no time to waste on "unlicked cuba." The recalcitrant is dropped and probably a promising young life wasted for lack of the discipline which should have been given in earlier years. Discipline and self-sacrifice are inextricably bouml to- gether. Let every boy and girl, therefore, be taught discipline, to think of others, to "play the game." That means a realiza- tipn of the fact, contrary to generally expressed modern opinion, that success in life is not to be measured by material gain, but by the manner of that winning. Only such training can produce mqfi and women capable of measuring up to that greatest test in life, to win modestly and to meet defeat with a smile, e en if the heart is cracking. It was such men and women who made our British Empire, aml it is only such men and women who can help it to realize the high destiny ivhich we believe the future holds for it in these fateful days, ivhen the whole world is turning to it to les&1 them out of the morass left by the Great IVar.